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The Who plan US Tour, talk Olympics performance
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:50PM July 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The Who's Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are taking "Quadrophenia" and other Who classics on the road for a U.S. tour this fall, but first plan what Daltrey calls a great finale for the Olympic Games in London.
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APNewsBreak: Lindsay Lohan takes new film role
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:49PM July 18, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Amid ongoing legal issues, a recent car crash and run-in with paramedics, Lindsay Lohan has secured her next movie role.
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Palmieri, NYC club owner named among Jazz Masters
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:06PM July 18, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Pianists Mose Allison and Eddie Palmieri, saxophonist Lou Donaldson and New York jazz club owner Lorraine Gordon are being honored with the nation's highest honor in jazz.
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60s singer Rydell gets Pa. double organ transplant
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:05PM July 18, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sixties teen idol Bobby Rydell has undergone a liver and kidney transplant in Philadelphia.
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Halle Berry taken to hospital after film accident
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:02PM July 18, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Halle Berry suffered a minor head injury during a movie-shoot fight sequence and was treated at a Los Angeles hospital and released.
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Madonna concert in Poland to open with WWII film
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:40PM July 18, 2012 CommentWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Organizers of a Madonna concert in the Polish capital have agreed to a request from city officials to start the show with a brief clip about the Warsaw Uprising, the 1944 revolt against Nazi rule, in a nod to war veterans.
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Glen Campbell cancels tour of Australia, NZ
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:06PM July 18, 2012 CommentNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country Music Hall of Fame performer Glen Campbell is canceling his tour of Australia and New Zealand with Kenny Rogers next month for health reasons.
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Jackson confesses: he's no superhero comic fan
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:01PM July 18, 2012 CommentSAN DIEGO (AP) — Peter Jackson does not expect he'll ever get into the superhero business.
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Pete Rose Reality Show in Works for TLC Network
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Former Cincinnati Reds baseball player Pete Rose talks to members of the media during a news conference at the opening of an exhibit about him at the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Museum in Cincinnati.
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose is taking a swing at his own reality TV show.
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Rajesh Khanna, Bollywood's 1st superstar, dies
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:40AM July 18, 2012 CommentNEW DELHI (AP) — Rajesh Khanna, whose success as a romantic lead in scores of Indian movies made him Bollywood's first superstar, died Wednesday after a brief illness. He was 69.
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Woody Harrelson's new play is about an old friend
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:24AM July 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — In the summer of 1983, The Police were on top of the charts with "Every Breath You Take," James Bond was sipping martinis in "Octopussy" and Woody Harrelson was meeting a man who would change his life.
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E-books sales soar in 2011
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:29AM July 18, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Yes, e-books and novels for young people are hot.
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'Weeds' marks 100th episode as finale looms
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:34PM July 17, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — "Weeds" is part of a rare group of cable TV shows: The Showtime series starring Mary-Louise Parker celebrated the taping of its 100th episode.
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Rotten Tomatoes suspends comments on 'Dark Knight'
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:39PM July 17, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The aggregating Web site RottenTomatoes.com suspended user comments on movie reviews of "The Dark Knight Rises" after commenters reacted harshly to negative reviews of the film and made profane and threatening remarks about the critics who wrote them.
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Pitbull heading north to Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:01PM July 17, 2012 CommentANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — It's not exactly "International Love," but Miami rap star Pitbull is about to bring his act to a nonetheless far-flung site — Kodiak, Alaska.
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Actress urges action against human trafficking
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:49PM July 17, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Actress and activist Jada Pinkett Smith urged Congress on Tuesday to step up the fight against human trafficking in the U.S. and abroad.
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Producers seek young man to play Michael Jackson
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:05PM July 17, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Producers of a musical based on the life of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy are seeking an exceptionally talented young actor — one who can play a preteen Gordy, a young Michael Jackson and a precocious Stevie Wonder.
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Charlie Sheen 'genuinely interested' in 'Idol' gig
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:56PM July 17, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Could Charlie Sheen be a judge on "American Idol"? The actor says he's game.
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Arizona sheriff shocked by comedian's profanity
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:31PM July 17, 2012 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio says he's shocked by comedian George Lopez's profanity-laced tirade against him.
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In concert film, a last waltz for LCD Soundsystem
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:30PM July 17, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Asked to characterize "Shut Up and Play the Hits," a concert film that documents LCD Soundsystem's final, oft-mythologized show at Madison Square Garden, James Murphy deadpans a television promo.
